Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?

Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by Vinnl on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:58AM (#43112936)

Sounds like the true answer is having a colleague you can buy £1 eggs from.

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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by Peanuts99 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:20AM (#43113440)

Eggs are still pretty cheap in the UK, free range ones for £1.50 or so.

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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by gruez on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:33AM (#43114429)

For one or a dozen?

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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by chronogram on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:54AM (#43114636)

It's about €0.35 per organic egg in the Netherlands (€3.19/10 in one store or €5.99/15 at another). The organic eggs have better shells and are so cheap it's not worth bothering with free range eggs, even if you don't care for the chickens. It helps that they're not refrigerated and last a long time, so you don't have to pay for spoilage.

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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by jonatron on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:38AM (#43114481)

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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by gadders on Thursday February 20, 2025 @07:10AM (#43113759)

Hahaha - possibly!

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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by world2vec on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:45AM (#43114546)

£1 egg is quite expensive tho: 10 free range eggs at Tesco cost like £3 or so.

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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by Vinnl on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:26AM (#43115024)

Heh I meant £1 egg boxes of course, like GGP mentioned.

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